(31) Medication (self-administration)--The capability
of a resident to administer the resident's own medication or treatments
without assistance from the facility staff.
(32) NFPA 101--The 1988 publication titled "NFPA 101
Life Safety Code" published by the National Fire Protection Association,
Inc., 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.
(33) Ombudsman--Has the meaning given in §85.2
of this title (relating to Definitions).
(34) Person--Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
association, or joint stock association, and the legal successor thereof.
(35) Person with a disclosable interest--Any person
who owns 5.0 percent interest in any corporation, partnership, or
other business entity that is required to be licensed under Texas
Health and Safety Code, Chapter 247. A person with a disclosable interest
does not include a bank, savings and loan, savings bank, trust company,
building and loan association, credit union, individual loan and thrift
company, investment banking firm, or insurance company unless such
entity participates in the management of the facility.
(36) Personal care services--Assistance with feeding,
dressing, moving, bathing, or other personal needs or maintenance;
or general supervision or oversight of the physical and mental well-being
of a person who needs assistance to maintain a private and independent
residence in the facility or who needs assistance to manage his or
her personal life, regardless of whether a guardian has been appointed
for the person.
(37) Physician--A practitioner licensed by the Texas
Medical Board.
(38) Practitioner--An individual who is currently licensed
in a state in which the individual practices as a physician, dentist,
podiatrist, or a physician assistant; or a registered nurse approved
by the Texas Board of Nursing to practice as an advanced practice
nurse.
(39) Qualified medical personnel--An individual who
is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to administer health
care. The term includes a physician, registered nurse, and licensed
vocational nurse.
(40) Resident--An individual accepted for care in a
facility.
(41) Respite--The provision by a facility of room,
board, and care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents
of the facility to a person for not more than 60 days for each stay
in the facility.
(42) Restraint hold--
(A) A manual method, except for physical guidance or
prompting of brief duration, used to restrict:
(i) free movement or normal functioning of all or a
portion of a resident's body; or
(ii) normal access by a resident to a portion of the
resident's body.
(B) Physical guidance or prompting of brief duration
becomes a restraint if the resident resists the guidance or prompting.
(43) Restraints--Chemical restraints are psychoactive
drugs administered for the purposes of discipline or convenience and
are not required to treat the resident's medical symptoms. Physical
restraints are any manual method, or physical or mechanical device,
material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the resident that restricts
freedom of movement. Physical restraints include restraint holds.
(44) Safety--Protection from injury or loss of life
due to such conditions as fire, electrical hazard, unsafe building
or site conditions, and the hazardous presence of toxic fumes and
materials.
(45) Seclusion--The involuntary separation of a resident
from other residents and the placement of the resident alone in an
area from which the resident is prevented from leaving.
(46) Service plan--A written description of the medical
care, supervision, or nonmedical care needed by a resident.
(47) Short-term acute episode--An illness of less than
30 days duration.
(48) Small facility--A facility licensed for 16 or
fewer residents.
(49) Staff--Employees of an assisted living facility.
(50) Standards--The minimum conditions, requirements,
and criteria established in this chapter with which a facility must
comply to be licensed under this chapter.
(51) Terminal condition--A medical diagnosis, certified
by a physician, of an illness that will result in death in six months
or less.
(52) Universal precautions--An approach to infection
control in which blood, any body fluids visibly contaminated with
blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or
impossible to differentiate between body fluids are treated as if
known to be infectious for HIV, hepatitis B, and other blood-borne
pathogens.
(53) Vaccine Preventable Diseases--The diseases included
in the most current recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(54) Working day--Any 24-hour period, Monday through
Friday, excluding state and federal holidays.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §92.2 adopted to be effective January 15, 2009, 34 TexReg 240; amended to be effective June 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 4471; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7877; amended to be effective January 1, 2012, 36 TexReg 9345; amended to be effective June 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 3876 |